Species Vexillum (Costellaria) modestum (Reeve, 1845)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Mitra modesta Reeve, L.A. 1845. Monograph of the genus Mitra. pls 28-39 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 2. [imprint date 1843] [pl. 31, fig. 254].
• Mitra lubens Reeve, L.A. 1845. Monograph of the genus Mitra. pls 28-39 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 2. [imprint date 1843] [pl. 39, fig. 331].
• Mitra compta Adams, A. 1853. Descriptions of fifty-two new species of the Genus Mitra, from the Cumingian Collection. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1851(19): 132-141 [134].
• Mitra (Costellaria) euadianthe Melvill, J.C. 1895. Descriptions of new species of Pleurotoma, Mitra and Laitrus. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 1(5): 221-223 [221, pl. 14, fig. 2].
• Mitra farda Cate, J. 1963. Revision of Dall's Hawaiian mitrids with descriptions of three new species (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Veliger 6(1): 23-43, pls 5-8 [32].

 

Generic Combinations

• Vexillum (Costellaria) modestum (Reeve, 1845). —
  Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [165]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

 

General References

Arnaud, J.P., Berthault, C., Jeanpierre, R., Martin, J.C. & Martin, P. 2002. Costellariidae et Mitridae de Nouvelle Calédonie. Xenophora. Association française de conchyliologie. Supplément 100: 52 pp. [9]

Cate, J. 1963. Revision of Dall's Hawaiian mitrids with descriptions of three new species (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Veliger 6(1): 23-43, pls 5-8 [32]

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1970. Systematics of the families Mitridae & Volutomitridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Auckland, New Zealand 8: 1-190 [55]

Cotton, B.C. 1957. Family Mitridae. Royal Society of South Australia Malacological Section 12: 8 pp. [7]

Dautzenberg, P. & Bouge, L.J. 1923. Mitridés de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et de ses dépendances. Journal de Conchyliologie 67(2): 179-259 [211]

Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp. [322]

Melvill, J.C. & Standen, R. 1901. The Mollusca of the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and the Arabian Sea, as evidenced mainly through the collections of Mr. F.W. Townsend, 1893-1900; with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1901(ii): 327-460 pls xxi-xxiv [422]

Melvill, J.C. & Sykes, E.R. 1897. Notes on a collection of marine shells from the Andaman Islands, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 2: 64-172, pl. 13 [167]

Salisbury, R. 2000. Costellariidae of the World, Pt. 3. Of Sea and Shore 23(1): 4-14 [7]

Salvat, B. & Rives, C. 1975. Coquillages de Polynésie. Tahiti : Papéete Les editions du pacifique, 391 pp. [338]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [165, pl. 36, fig. 25]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	COSTELLARIIDAE	23-Jan-2012	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		09-Nov-2011	MODIFIED